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Cylance
Develops antivirus programs and other kinds of computer software that prevent, rather than reactively detect, viruses and malware
At a glance
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Irvine, United States
- Sector
- Cybersecurity
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
- FPFairhaven Capital Partners
- ADAlex Doll
Khosla Ventures
Series B and later11 investors entered at this stage
Blackstone- TVThomvest Ventures
- DVDNX Ventures
Insight Partners
KKR
DFJ Growth- DEDell
- BOBlackstone Tactical Opportunities
- CVCapital One Ventures
Dell Technologies Capital- TVTenEleven Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Cylance employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
HAHalcyonEst. 2021
Ryan SmithUnited States
RSReach SecurityEst. 2020
JSJetStream SecurityEst. 2025
Raj RajamaniUnited States
OSObsidian SecurityEst. 2017
Glenn ChisholmUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
79 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Market sentiment
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